The impact of methodology and confounding variables on the association between major depression and coronary heart disease: Review and recommendations

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-352

  Stapelberg, Nicolas J C ^a   Neumann, David L ^a   Shum, David H K ^a   McConnell, Harry ^a   Hamilton Craig, Ian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounders; Coronary Heart Disease; Major Depressive Disorder; Methodology; Study design

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SERTRALINE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DSM-IV-TR; DYSTHYMIA; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 84888090619     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15734005113096660012     Document Type: Review

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